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2021 in anime

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Events in 2021 in anime.

Films

A list of anime films that were released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

Release date Title Studio Director(s) Running time (minutes) Ref
January 1 Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie 2 GoHands Hiromitsu Kanazawa 80 [1]
January 8 Gintama: The Final Bandai Namco Pictures Chizuru Miyawaki 104 [2]
January 8 Sailor Moon Eternal (part 1) Toei Animation
Studio Deen		 Chiaki Kon 80 [3]
January 16 Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor Shuka Takahiro Omori (Chief)
Hideki Itō		 51 [4]
February 11 Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 1 Actas Masaki Tachibana 53 [5]
February 11 Sailor Moon Eternal (part 2) Toei Animation
Studio Deen		 Chiaki Kon 80 [3]
February 26 Tokyo 7th Sisters Movie: Bokura wa Aozora ni Naru LandQ Studios Takayuki Kitagawa 77 [6]
March 5 Aria the Crepuscolo J.C.Staff Junichi Sato (Chief)
Takahiro Natori		 60 [7]
March 8 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Studio Khara Katsuichi Nakayama
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Mahiro Maeda		 155 [8]
March 12 Shimajiro to Sora Tobufune Benesse Corporation Tomohiro Kawamura 59 [9]
March 26 Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3 Actas Tsutomu Mizushima 48 [10]
April 16 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet TMS/V1Studio Tomoka Nagaoka 110 [11]
April 23 BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Yakusoku Sanzigen Kōdai Kakimoto (Chief)
Atsushi Mimura		 77 [12]
May 15 Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Paladin; Agaterám Production I.G Kazuto Arai 96 [13]
June 4 Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars Polygon Pictures Hiroyuki Seshita (Chief)
Tadahiro Yoshihira		 110 [14]
June 4 Pompo: The Cinéphile CLAP Takayuki Hirao 90 [15]
June 4 Revue Starlight the Movie Kinema Citrus Tomohiro Furukawa 120 [16]
June 11 Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Studio 4°C Ayumu Watanabe 120 [17]
June 11 Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (part 1) Sunrise Shūkō Murase 95 [18]
June 11 Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch Liden Films Seiki Takuno 104 [19]
June 25 BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Song I am. Sanzigen Kōdai Kakimoto (Chief)
Atsushi Mimura		 70 [20]
July 2 The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light Studio Deen Takayuki Hamana 79 [21]
July 9 Kakushigoto Ajia-do Animation Works Yūta Murano 78 [22]
July 16 Belle Studio Chizu Mamoru Hosoda 122 [23]
July 16 Kud Wafter J.C.Staff Kentarō Suzuki 40 [24]
July 22 Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Signal.MD
Sublimation		 Kyōhei Ishiguro 90 [25]
July 24 The Adventures on the Magic Island of Qiaohu Benesse Corporation 120 [26]
July 30 Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy Shin-Ei Animation Wataru Takahashi 112 [27]
July 30 Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon CloverWorks Toshifumi Akai 94 [28]
August 6 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission Bones Kenji Nagasaki 104 [29]
August 20 BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage Sanzigen Tomomi Umetsu 84 [30]
August 20 Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!! Studio Gokumi
AXsiZ		 Munenori Nawa 82 [31]
August 27 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Licht - The Nameless Girl Silver Link Shin Oonuma 95 [32]
August 27 The House of the Lost on the Cape David Production Shinya Kawatsura 100 [33]
September 9 Inu-Oh Science SARU Masaaki Yuasa 98 [34]
September 17 Free! The Final Stroke (part 1) Kyoto Animation Eisaku Kawakami 90 [35]
September 23 Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 2 Actas Masaki Tachibana 56 [36]
October 8 Child of Kamiari Month Liden Films Takana Shirai 99 [37]
October 8 Macross Delta the Movie: Absolute Live!!!!!! Satelight Shōji Kawamori 124 [38]
October 8 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205: Zensho -TAKE OFF- Satelight Kenji Yasuda 103 [39]
October 9 Dakaichi: Spain Arc CloverWorks Naoyuki Tatsuwa 78 [40]
October 12 Bright: Samurai Soul Arect Kyōhei Ishiguro 80 [41]
October 29 Sing a Bit of Harmony J.C.Staff Yasuhiro Yoshiura 108 [42]
October 30 Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night A-1 Pictures Ayako Kōno 97 [43]
November 5 Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Aoi Tsukiyo no Mahō no Ko Fanworks Takahiro Omori 65 [44]
November 12 Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War Production I.G
Sola Digital Arts		 Kenji Kamiyama (Chief)
Shinji Aramaki (Chief)
Michihito Fujii		 118 [45]
November 12 Summer Ghost Flat Studio loundraw 40 [46]
November 19 Gekijōban Argonavis: Ryūsei no Obligato Sanzigen Shigeru Morikawa 89 [47]
November 26 Eureka - Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution Bones Tomoki Kyoda 116 [48]
December 3 Aria the Benedizione J.C.Staff Junichi Sato (Chief)
Takahiro Natori		 60 [49]
December 3 Hula Fulla Dance Bandai Namco Pictures Seiji Mizushima (Chief)
Shinya Watada		 109 [50]
December 10 My Tyrano: Together, Forever Tezuka Productions Kōbun Shizuno 108 [51]
December 24 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 MAPPA Sunghoo Park 105 [52]
December 31 Sorairo Utility Yostar Pictures Kengo Saitō 14 [53]
December 31 The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc Eight Bit Risako Yoshida 71 [54]

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director(s) Original title Ref
January 4 – March 22 Otherside Picnic 12 Liden Films
Felix Film		 Takuya Satō Ura Sekai Picnic [55]
January 4 – March 22 Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town 12 Liden Films migmi Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shōnen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Yō na Monogatari [56]
January 5 – March 23 Gekidol 12 Hoods Entertainment Shigeru Ueda [57]
January 5 – March 30 Umamusume: Pretty Derby (season 2) 13 Studio Kai Kei Oikawa [58]
January 6 – March 24 I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol 12 Lay-duce Hitoshi Nanba [59]
January 6 – March 24 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (season 2, part 2) 12 White Fox Masaharu Watanabe Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu [60]
January 7 – March 25 Beastars (season 2) 12 Orange Shin'ichi Matsumi [61]
January 7 – March 25 Heaven's Design Team 12 Asahi Production Sōichi Masui Tenchi Sōzō Dezain-bu [62]
January 7 – March 25 Hortensia Saga 12 Liden Films Yasuto Nishikata [63]
January 7 – April 1 Laid-Back Camp: Season 2 13 C-Station Yoshiaki Kyogoku Yuru Camp: Season 2 [64]
January 7 – March 25 LBX Girls 12 Studio A-Cat Keitaro Motonaga Sōkō Musume Senki [65]
January 7 – March 25 Show by Rock!! Stars!! 12 Kinema Citrus Takahiro Ikezoe (Chief)
Daigo Yamagishi		 [66]
January 8 – March 26 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team 12 David Production Yasuhiro Kimura 2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu [67]
January 8 – March 26 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki 12 Project No.9 Shinsuke Yanagi Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun [68]
January 8 – March 12 Idolls! 10 Shin-Ei Animation Shōta Nakano [69]
January 8 – July 3 So I'm a Spider, So What? 24 Millepensee Shin Itagaki Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? [70]
January 8 – March 26 The Promised Neverland (season 2) 11 CloverWorks Mamoru Kanbe Yakusoku no Neverland [71]
January 8 – March 26 The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ 12 Bibury Animation Studios Kaori Go-Tōbun no Hanayome [72]
January 9 – June 19 Back Arrow 24 Studio VOLN Gorō Taniguchi [73]
January 9 – February 27 Cells at Work!! 8 David Production Hirofumi Ogura Hataraku Saibō!! [74]
January 9 – April 3 Project Scard: Scar on the Praeter 13 GoHands Shingo Suzuki [75]
January 9 – March 27 The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter 12 Okuruto Noboru Kenta Ōnishi Ore Dake Haireru Kakushi Danjon ~Kossori Kitaete Sekai Saikyō~ [76]
January 9 – March 27 WIXOSS Diva(A)Live 12 J.C.Staff Masato Matsune [77]
January 10 – June 27 Aikatsu Planet! 25 Bandai Namco Pictures Ryūichi Kimura Aikatsu Puranetto! [78]
January 10 – March 21 Cells at Work! Code Black 13 Liden Films Hideyo Yamamoto Hataraku Saibō! Black [79]
January 10 – March 28 Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist 12 Platinum Vision Hideaki Ōba Kaibyōi Ramune [80]
January 10 – April 4 Horimiya 13 CloverWorks Masashi Ishihama [81]
January 10 – March 28 Idoly Pride 12 Lerche Yū Kinome [82]
January 10 – March 28 Kemono Jihen 12 Ajia-do Animation Works Masaya Fujimori [83]
January 10 – April 4 SK8 the Infinity 12 Bones Hiroko Utsumi [84]
January 10 – March 28 Skate-Leading Stars 12 J.C.Staff Gorō Taniguchi (Chief)
Toshinori Fukushima		 [85]
January 10 – April 4 World Trigger (season 2) 12 Toei Animation Morio Hatano [86]
January 10 – March 28 Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki (season 3) 12 Saetta Hisayoshi Hirasawa Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki 3 Satsume [87]
January 11 – March 29 Ex-Arm 12 Visual Flight Yoshikatsu Kimura [88]
January 11 – March 22 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (part 1) 11 Studio Bind Manabu Okamoto Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu [89]
January 11 – March 29 Non Non Biyori Nonstop 12 Silver Link Shinya Kawatsura [90]
January 12 – March 30 Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! 12 Candy Box
Yostar Pictures		 Masato Jinbo Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin! [91]
January 12 – March 30 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (season 2, part 1) 12 Eight Bit Atsushi Nakayama Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken [92]
January 12 – March 30 True Cooking Master Boy (season 2) 12 NAS Itsuro Kawasaki Shin Chūka Ichiban! [93]
January 13 – March 31 Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! 12 Bones
Nomad		 Satonobu Kikuchi [94]
January 13 – March 31 Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table 12 Studio Deen Shinji Ishihira Log Horizon: Entaku Hōkai [95]
January 13 – March 31 Redo of Healer 12 TNK Takuya Asaoka Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi [96]
January 13 – June 23 The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement 24 Studio Deen Susumu Nishizawa Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan [97]
January 13 – June 30 Wonder Egg Priority 12 CloverWorks Shin Wakabayashi [98]
January 13 – March 31 World Witches Take Off! 12 acca effe
Giga Production		 Fumio Ito World Witches Hasshin Shimasu! [99]
January 14 – March 25 Dr. Stone: Stone Wars 11 TMS/8PAN Shinya Iino [100]
January 20 – March 31 Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Battle of Kimluck 11 Studio Deen Takayuki Hamana Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi: Kimluck-hen [101]
February 5 – July 30 D4DJ Petit Mix 26 DMM.futureworks
W-Toon Studio		 Seiya Miyajima [102]
February 25 – January 27, 2022 Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House 12 J.C.Staff Yōhei Suzuki Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san [103]
February 28 – January 30, 2022 Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure 46 Toei Animation Yutaka Tsuchida Toropikarūju! Purikyua [104]
March 27 – September 25 My Hero Academia (season 5) 25 Bones Kenji Nagasaki (Chief)
Masahiro Mukai		 Boku no Hero Academia 5 [105]
April 1 – June 24 Godzilla Singular Point 13 Bones
Orange		 Atsushi Takahashi [106]
April 1 – April 21, 2022 Shaman King 52 Bridge Joji Furuta [107]
April 2 – October 22 Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (season 2) 25 Ajia-do Animation Works
Bandai Namco Pictures		 Takahide Ogata [108]
April 2 – June 18 SSSS.Dynazenon 12 Trigger Akira Amemiya [109]
April 3 – June 19 Burning Kabaddi 12 TMS Entertainment Kazuya Ichikawa Shakunetsu Kabaddi [110]
April 3 – June 21 Let's Make a Mug Too 12 Nippon Animation Jun Kamiya Yakunara Magu Kappu mo [111]
April 3 – March 26, 2022 Sushi Sumo 52 Shirogumi Yūta Sukegawa Dosukoi Sushi-Zumō [112]
April 3 – June 19 Those Snow White Notes 12 Shin-Ei Animation Hiroaki Akagi Mashiro no Oto [113]
April 3 – June 19 Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song 13 Wit Studio Shinpei Ezaki [114]
April 4 – June 20 Combatants Will Be Dispatched! 12 J.C.Staff Hiroaki Akagi Sentōin, Hakenshimasu! [115]
April 4 – June 20 Dragon Goes House-Hunting 12 Signal.MD Haruki Kasugamori Dragon, Ie o Kau. [116]
April 4 – June 27 Farewell, My Dear Cramer 13 Liden Films Seiki Takuno Sayonara Watashi no Kuramā [117]
April 4 – Mazica Party OLM Shinji Ushiro [118]
April 4 – June 27 Megalobox 2: Nomad 13 TMS Entertainment Yō Moriyama [119]
April 4 – June 27 Moriarty the Patriot (part 2) 13 Production I.G Kazuya Nomura Yūkoku no Moriarty [120]
April 5 – May 24 I Became a Kuro-Gyaru, so I Fucked My Best Friend. 8 Irawiasu Chokkō Kuro-Gyaru ni Natta Kara Shinyū to Shite Mita. [121]
April 5 – June 28 Higehiro 13 Project No.9 Manabu Kamikita Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshi Kōsei o Hirō. [122]
April 5 – June 21 Koikimo 12 Nomad Naomi Nakayama Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui [123]
April 5 – June 21 Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor 12 Liden Films
DOMERICA		 Kazuya Ichikawa Seven Knights Revolution: Eiyū no Keishōsha [124]
April 6 – June 29 Fruits Basket: The Final 13 TMS/8PAN Yoshihide Ibata [125]
April 6 – June 29 Iii Icecrin 12 Shin-Ei Animation
TIA		 Juria Matsumura Ai Ai Ai Aisukurin [126]
April 6 – June 29 Mars Red 13 Signal.MD Kouhei Hatano [127]
April 6 – June 29 Odd Taxi 13 OLM
P.I.C.S.		 Baku Kinoshita [128]
April 6 – June 22 The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent 12 Diomedéa Shōta Ihata Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannō Desu [129]
April 6 – June 22 The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 12 Eight Bit Yuji Ikuhara Tensura Nikki Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken [92]
April 7 – June 23 Full Dive 12 ENGI Kazuya Miura Kyūkyoku Shinka shita Full Dive RPG ga Genjitsu yori mo Kusoge Dattara [130]
April 7 – June 23 Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood 12 Bakken Record Susumu Kudo [131]
April 7 – June 23 Super Cub 12 Studio Kai Toshiro Fujii [132]
April 8 – June 24 Fairy Ranmaru 12 Studio Comet Kōsuke Kobayashi
Masakazu Hishida		 [133]
April 8 – June 24 Zombie Land Saga Revenge 12 MAPPA Munehisa Sakai [134]
April 9 – June 25 Backflip!! 12 Zexcs Seishirō Nagaya
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi		 Bakuten!! [135]
April 9 – June 11 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω 10 Tezuka Productions
Okuruto Noboru		 Satoshi Kuwabara Isekai Maō to Shōkan Shōjo no Dorei Majutsu Ω [136]
April 9 – March 18, 2022 Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z 41 OLM Takahiro Ikezoe (Chief)
Kentarō Yamaguchi		 Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkarion Zetto [137]
April 10 – September 25 Blue Reflection Ray 24 J.C.Staff Risako Yoshida [138]
April 10 – June 26 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 12 Revoroot Nobukage Kimura Suraimu Taoshite Sanbyaku-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Reberu Makkusu ni Nattemashita [139]
April 10 – June 26 The World Ends with You the Animation 12 DOMERICA
Shin-Ei Animation		 Kazuya Ichikawa Subarashiki Kono Sekai: The Animation [140]
April 10 – June 26 Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Churutto! 12 DMM.futureworks
W-Toon Studio		 Seiya Miyajima [141]
April 11 – June 20 86 (part 1) 11 A-1 Pictures Toshimasa Ishii [142]
April 11 – June 27 Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART! 12 Seven Tokihiro Sasaki Battle Athletes Daiundōkai ReSTART! [143]
April 11 – June 27 Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 12 Telecom Animation Film Hirokazu Hanai Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san [144]
April 11 – October 3 Edens Zero 25 J.C.Staff Shinji Ishihira (Chief)
Yūshi Suzuki		 [145]
April 11 – March 27, 2022 Mewkledreamy Mix! 50 J.C.Staff Hiroaki Sakurai [146]
April 11 – June 27 Pretty Boy Detective Club 12 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo (Chief)
Hajime Ootani		 Bishōnen Tanteidan [147]
April 11 – July 4 Shadows House 13 CloverWorks Kazuki Ohashi [148]
April 11 – September 19 Tokyo Revengers 24 Liden Films Koichi Hatsumi [149]
April 12 – June 28 Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly 12 NAZ Takehiro Kubota Itazuraguma no Gloomy [150]
April 12 – August 30 To Your Eternity 20 Brain's Base Masahiko Murata Fumetsu no Anata e [151]
April 14 – June 30 Osamake 12 Doga Kobo Takashi Naoya Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy [152]
April 15 – June 24 Cestvs: The Roman Fighter 11 Bandai Namco Pictures
Logic&Magic		 Toshifumi Kawase (Chief)
Kazuya Monma		 [153]
April 17 – September 11 Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (season 2) 21 Bandai Namco Pictures Makoto Moriwaki Mairimashita! Iruma-kun [154]
July 1 – September 30 Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu 15 Passione Keiichiro Kawaguchi Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu [155]
July 1 – September 16 Peach Boy Riverside 12 Asahi Production Shigeru Ueda [156]
July 1 – December 23 Scarlet Nexus 26 Sunrise Hiroyuki Nishimura [157]
July 3 – September 18 Girlfriend, Girlfriend 12 Tezuka Productions Satoshi Kuwabara Kanojo mo Kanojo [158]
July 3 – September 18 My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X 12 Silver Link Keisuke Inoue Otome Gēmu no Hametsu Furagu Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shite Shimatta... X [159]
July 3 – September 18 Ore, Tsushima 12 Fanworks
Space Neko Company		 Jun Aoki [160]
July 3 – September 25 Remake Our Life! 12 Feel Tomoki Kobayashi Bokutachi no Rimeiku [161]
July 3 – September 18 The Case Study of Vanitas (part 1) 12 Bones Tomoyuki Itamura Vanitasu no Karute [162]
July 3 – September 25 The Honor Student at Magic High School 13 Connect Hideki Tachibana Mahōka Kōkō no Yūtōsei [163]
July 4 – September 26 Getter Robo Arc 13 Bee Media
Studio A-Cat		 Jun Kawagoe [164]
July 4 – September 26 How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (part 1) 13 J.C.Staff Takashi Watanabe Genjitsushugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki [165]
July 4 – September 26 Idolish7: Third Beat! (part 1) 13 Troyca Makoto Bessho [166]
July 4 – September 26 Kageki Shojo!! 13 Pine Jam Kazuhiro Yoneda [167]
July 4 – October 3 Re-Main 12 MAPPA Masafumi Nishida (Chief)
Kiyoshi Matsuda		 [168]
July 4 – September 19 The Detective Is Already Dead 12 ENGI Manabu Kurihara Tantei wa Mō, Shinde Iru. [169]
July 4 – September 19 The Duke of Death and His Maid 12 J.C.Staff Yoshinobu Yamakawa Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid [170]
July 5 – August 23 Fire in His Fingertips 2: My Boyfriend is a Firefighter 8 Studio Hōkiboshi Toshihiro Watase Yubisaki Kara Honki no Netsujō Tsū-Koibito wa Shōbōshi- [171]
July 6 – September 28 Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan 13 Studio Blanc Nobuyoshi Nagayama Uramichi Oniisan [172]
July 6 – September 21 Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 12 TMS Entertainment Osamu Yamasaki [173]
July 6 – September 21 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (season 2, part 2) 12 Eight Bit Atsushi Nakayama Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken [92]
July 7 – September 22 Drugstore in Another World 12 EMT Squared Masafumi Satō Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life - Isekai ni Tsukurō Drugstore [174]
July 7 – September 22 Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy 12 C2C Shinji Ishihira Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū [175]
July 7 – December 29 Tsukipro the Animation (season 2) 13 PRA Shigeru Kimiya [176]
July 8 – September 23 Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S 12 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara
Yasuhiro Takemoto		 Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon S [177]
July 9 – December 17 The Aquatope on White Sand 24 P.A. Works Toshiya Shinohara Shiroi Suna no Akuatōpu [178]
July 9 – September 24 The Dungeon of Black Company 12 Silver Link Mirai Minato Meikyū Burakku Kanpanī [179]
July 10 – October 2 D_Cide Traumerei the Animation 13 Sanzigen Yoshikazu Kon [180]
July 10 – September 25 I'm Standing on a Million Lives (season 2) 12 Maho Film Kumiko Habara 100-Man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru [181]
July 11 – October 17 Love Live! Superstar!! 12 Sunrise Takahiko Kyogoku [182]
July 13 – September 28 Battle Game in 5 Seconds 12 SynergySP
Vega Entertainment		 Meigo Naito (Chief)
Nobuyoshi Arai		 Deatte 5-byō de Batoru [183]
July 14 – September 15 Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory 10 Asread Shunsuke Nakashige Megami-ryō no Ryōbo-kun [184]
July 15 – September 30 Night Head 2041 12 Shirogumi Takamitsu Hirakawa [185]
July 16 – October 1 Sonny Boy 12 Madhouse Shingo Natsume [186]
July 23 – October 1 The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace 11 MAPPA Seimei Kidokoro Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi [187]
August 1 – September 26 Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - Eve of Awakening 8 Shaft Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu) (Chief)
Yukihiro Miyamoto		 Magia Record: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika Gaiden - Kakusei Zenya [188]
August 1 – December 19 The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! 20 Silver Link Mirai Minato Jahī-sama wa Kujikenai! [189]
August 15 – October 24 Fena: Pirate Princess 12 Production I.G ToyGerPROJECT
Kazuto Nakazawa
Tetsuya Takahashi
Saki Fujii		 Kaizoku Ōjo [190]
October 1 – November 26 Everything for Demon King Evelogia 9 Studio Hōkiboshi Sanae Nagi Maō Evelogia ni Mi o Sasage yo [191]
October 1 – December 17 Kimi to Fit Boxing 12 Imagineer
Story Effect		 Junpei Morita [192]
October 1 – December 24 Megaton Musashi 13 OLM Akihiro Hino (Chief)
Shigeharu Takahashi		 [193]
October 1 – December 24 Selection Project 13 Doga Kobo Daisuke Hiramaki [194]
October 2 – December 18 Blue Period 12 Seven Arcs Koji Masunari (Chief)
Katsuya Asano		 [195]
October 2 – December 18 "Deji" Meets Girl 12 Liden Films Ushio Tazawa [196]
October 2 – December 18 Let's Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln 12 Nippon Animation Jun Kamiya Yakunara Mug Cup Mo Niban Kamo [197]
October 2 – December 18 Restaurant to Another World (season 2) 12 OLM Masato Jinbo Isekai Shokudō [198]
October 2 – January 2, 2022[a] Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act 24 Sunrise Masakazu Hishida Hanyō no Yashahime: Ni no Shō [200]
October 2 – December 18 Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter 12 Studio Gokumi Seiji Kishi Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru: Dai-Mankai no Shō [201]
October 3 – March 19, 2022 86 (part 2) 12 A-1 Pictures Toshimasa Ishii [202]
October 3 – March 26, 2023 Digimon Ghost Game 67 Toei Animation Kimitoshi Chioka
Masato Mitsuka		 (Dejimon Gōsuto Gēmu) [203]
October 3 – December 19 Mieruko-chan 12 Passione Yuki Ogawa [204]
October 3 – December 19 Muteking the Dancing Hero 12 Tatsunoko Production
Tezuka Productions		 Ryōsuke Takahashi (Chief)
Yūzō Satō		 [205]
October 3 – December 26 Tesla Note 13 Gambit Michio Fukuda [206]
October 3 – December 19 The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window 12 Zero-G Daiji Iwanaga (Chief)
Yoshitaka Yasuda		 Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru [207]
October 3 – Waccha PriMagi! Tatsunoko Production
Dongwoo A&E		 Junichi Sato (Chief)
Kōsuke Kobayashi		 [208]
October 4 – December 20 Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut 12 Arvo Animation Akitoshi Yokoyama Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu [209]
October 4 – December 20 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (part 2) 12 Studio Bind Manabu Okamoto Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu [210]
October 4 – December 20 The Vampire Dies in No Time 12 Madhouse Hiroshi Kōjina Kyūketsuki Sugu Shinu [211]
October 5 – December 28 Amaim Warrior at the Borderline (part 1) 13 Sunrise Beyond Nobuyoshi Habara Kyōkai Senki [212]
October 5 – March 29, 2022 Chickip Dancers 26 Fanworks Rareko [213]
October 5 – December 21 The Fruit of Evolution 12 Hotline Yoshiaki Okumura Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei [214]
October 6 – December 29 Banished from the Hero's Party 13 Wolfsbane
Studio Flad		 Makoto Hoshino Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita [215]
October 6 – December 22 PuraOre! Pride of Orange 12 C2C Takebumi Anzai [216]
October 6 – December 22 Takt Op. Destiny 12 MAPPA
Madhouse		 Yuuki Itoh (Takuto Ōpasu) [217]
October 6 – December 22 The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat 12 Silver Link
Studio Palette		 Masafumi Tamura Sekai Saikō no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru [218]
October 7 – December 23 Komi Can't Communicate (season 1) 12 OLM Ayumu Watanabe (Chief)
Kazuki Kawagoe		 Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu [219]
October 7 – December 23 Muv-Luv Alternative 12 Yumeta Company
Graphinica		 Yukio Nishimoto [220]
October 7 – December 23 Sakugan 12 Satelight Jun'ichi Wada [221]
October 8 – March 25, 2022 Platinum End 24 Signal.MD Hideya Takahashi
Kazuchika Kise		 [222]
October 8 – March 18, 2022 World's End Harem 11 Studio Gokumi
AXsiZ		 Yuu Nobuta Shūmatsu no Harem [223]
October 9 – December 25 Taisho Otome Fairy Tale 12 SynergySP Jun Hatori Taishō Otome Otogi Banashi [224]
October 9 – January 3, 2022 The Faraway Paladin 12 Children's Playground Entertainment Yuu Nobuta Saihate no Paladin [225]
October 9 – December 25 Visual Prison 12 A-1 Pictures Takeshi Furuta (Chief)
Tomoya Tanaka		 [226]
October 10 – January 23, 2022 World Trigger (season 3) 14 Toei Animation Morio Hatano [227]
October 10 – December 26 Build Divide -#00000 (Code Black)- (part 1) 12 Liden Films Yuki Komada [228]
October 10 – November 28 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Arc 7 Ufotable Haruo Sotozaki Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen [229]
October 10 – March 27, 2022 Lupin the 3rd Part 6 24 TMS Entertainment Eiji Suganuma [230]
October 10 – December 26 My Senpai Is Annoying 12 Doga Kobo Ryota Itoh Senpai ga Uzai Kōhai no Hanashi [231]
October 10 – December 26 Shikizakura 12 Sublimation Shinya Sugai (Chief)
Gō Kurosaki		 [232]
October 11 – December 27 Ancient Girl's Frame 12 Seven Stone Gong Zhenhua (Chief) Tōshinki Jīzu Furēmu [233]
October 11 – December 27 Rumble Garanndoll 12 Lerche Masaomi Andō Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shōjo [234]
October 13 – December 29 Deep Insanity: The Lost Child 12 Silver Link Shin Oonuma [235]
October 13 – December 29 Kaginado 12 Liden Films Kyoto Studio Kazuya Sakamoto [236]
October 15 – December 31 180-Byō de Kimi no Mimi o Shiawase ni Dekiru ka? 12 Ekachi Epilka
Indivision		 Yoshinobu Kasai [237]
October 15 – March 25, 2022 Ranking of Kings 23 Wit Studio Yōsuke Hatta Ōsama Ranking [238]
November 14 – February 6, 2022 Blade Runner: Black Lotus 13 Sola Digital Arts Shinji Aramaki
Kenji Kamiyama		 [239]
December 4 – Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc TMS Entertainment Meitantei Conan Keisatsu Gakkō-hen Wairudo Porisu Sutōrī [240]
December 5 – February 13, 2022 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc 11 Ufotable Haruo Sotozaki Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen [229]
December 6 – December 17 Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan 10 Cyclone Graphics Michiya Katō [241]

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director(s) Original title Ref
January 1 Cute Executive Officer 13 Project No.9 Kazuya Iwata Yōjo Shachō [242]
January 2 – March 20 Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen (season 2) 12 IMAGICA Lab Junichi Yamamoto Otona no Bōguya-san [243]
February 14 – March 14 Vlad Love 12 Drive Mamoru Oshii (Chief)
Junji Nishimura		 [244]
February 25 High-Rise Invasion 12 Zero-G Masahiro Takata Tenkū Shinpan [245]
March 4 Pacific Rim: The Black 7 Polygon Pictures Hiroyuki Hayashi
Jae-hong Kim		 Pacific Rim: Ankoku no Tairiku [246]
March 7 Oshiete Hokusai!: The Animation 10 CoMix Wave Films Naoto Iwakiri [247]
March 18 B: The Beginning Succession 6 Production I.G Kazuto Nakazawa (Chief)
Itsuro Kawasaki		 [248]
March 20 – April 3 Powerful Pro Yakyū Powerful Kōkō-hen 4 CloverWorks Tetsuaki Watanabe [249]
April 1 – June 17 Hetalia: World Stars 12 Studio Deen Hiroshi Watanabe [250]
April 2 – March 18, 2022 Beyblade Burst QuadDrive 52 OLM Jin Gu Oh Beiburēdo Bāsuto Dainamaito Batoru [251]
April 8 The Way of the Househusband (part 1) 5 J.C.Staff Chiaki Kon Gokushufudō [252]
April 16 – September 12 Night World 3 Studio Daisy Ryōsuke Sawa Yoru no Kuni [253]
April 29 Yasuke 6 MAPPA Takeshi Satou (Chief)
LeSean Thomas		 [254]
April 30 – Ningen Kaishūsha [255]
May 25 Etotama 1 Shirogumi
Encourage Films		 Fumitoshi Oizaki [256]
May 27 Eden 4 Qubic Pictures
CGCG Studio Inc.		 Yasuhiro Irie [257]
May 28 – September 10 Artiswitch 6 Sunrise Kazuma Ikeda [258]
June 17 Record of Ragnarok 12 Graphinica Masao Ōkubo Shūmatsu no Valkyrie [259]
July 8 Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness 4 TMS Entertainment
Quebico		 Eiichirō Hasumi [260]
July 20 – January 4, 2022 Assault Lily Fruits 13 Shaft Shouji Saeki [261]
September 9 – December 23 Pokémon Evolutions 8 OLM Daiki Tomiyasu [262]
September 16 – November 25 The Heike Story 11 Science SARU Naoko Yamada Heike Monogatari [263]
September 20 – December 6 Ganbare Doukichan 12 Atelier Pontdarc Kazuomi Koga [264]
September 20 – December 6 Tawawa on Monday 2 12 Yokohama Animation Laboratory Yuki Ogawa Getsuyōbi no Tawawa 2 [265]
September 22 Star Wars: Visions 9
[266]
September 30 Baki Hanma 12 TMS Entertainment Toshiki Hirano [267]
October 1 – Rich Police Cash Sorajima Studio Shoya Miki Rich Kaikan Cash [268]
October 7 The Way of the Househusband (part 2) 5 J.C.Staff Chiaki Kon Gokushufudō [269]
October 19 – November 23 Gundam Breaker Battlogue 6 Sunrise Masami Obari [270]
November 25 Super Crooks 13 Bones Motonobu Hori [271]
December 1 – December 1, 2022 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean 38 David Production Kenichi Suzuki (Chief)
Toshiyuki Kato		 JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken: Stone Ocean [272]
December 3 Neko de Yokereba 5 Gonpi hironovski [273]
December 16 Aggretsuko (season 4) 10 Fanworks Rareko [274]
December 20 – December 27 Oni no Hanayome wa Taberaretai 2 Magia [275]
December 28 – The Missing 8 Wit Studio Naoki Yoshibe [276]

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director(s) Original title Ref
January 20 Planetarian: Snow Globe 1 Okuruto Noboru Jin Tamamura [277]
February 26 – October 14 Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 2 Lapin Track Yayoi Takano Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii [278]
March 1 Don't Stay Gold 1 Grizzly Kaori Makita Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai [279]
March 3 Alice in Deadly School 1 Hoods Entertainment Shigeyasu Yamauchi [280]
April 28 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? 1 J.C.Staff Hideki Tachibana Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka? [281]
May 19 Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 1 A-1 Pictures Mamoru Hatakeyama Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen [282]
May 7 – June 2 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki 2 Project No.9 Shinsuke Yanagi Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun [283]
June 2 – October 13 Fate/Grand Carnival 2 Lerche Seiji Kishi [284]
July 4 Isekai Cheat Magician: Starry Night Festival 1 Encourage Films Daisuke Tsukushi Yoiboshi no Matsuri to Majutsushi [285]
July 28 Laid-Back Camp: Traveling Rin Shima 1 C-Station Yoshiaki Kyogoku Yuru Camp: Tabi-suru Shima Rin [286]
August 18 Fly Me to the Moon ~SNS~ 1 Seven Arcs Hiroshi Ikehata Tonikaku Kawaii ~SNS~ [287]
September 10 – September 10, 2022 The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Mountain Haze 3 Studio Kafka Kazuaki Terasawa Mahō Tsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shōnen to Seiran no Kishi [288]
September 15 Alice Gear Aegis: Heart Pounding! Actress Packed Mermaid Grand Prix! Nomad Hirokazu Hanai [289]
November 14 – January 24, 2022 Hakuoki 3 Studio Deen Osamu Yamasaki [290]
December 1 Given: On the Other Hand 1 Lerche Akiyo Ōhashi Given: Uragawa no Sonzai [291]
December 24 Girls und Panzer das Finale: Daikon War! 1 Actas [292]

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  • July 1: Philece Sampler, American voice actress, dies from a heart attack at age 67.

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